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Sunday, 23 August 2015

Patching not worrying

I am still stitching away at my denim. I had left some gaps - bits which I didn't stitch, to see if I liked the contrast between the plain denim and the decorated but it wasn't quite working for me, so now I have gone back and am adding little patches.

On and off I wonder where this piece is going to end up but I am coming to the conclusion that it seems to be more about playing and learning than making something specific. It still sparks ideas for me all the time, and I guess one or more of them may lead somewhere, but for the time being I'll just stitch if I want to stitch, patch if I want to patch, and, just this once, not worry about where I'm going.

My youngest son (age 31) just gave me a pair of jeans he wants patched that don't really look "patchable"....but you never know...they may end up looking like your denim or something I wore in the 70s! He might not want them back!

I haven't visited enough! I know this because I haven't seen the denim in a while. Your stitches make an interesting pattern, as always. So glad you're enjoying the process and play. And thrilled to see the denim again. It's really looking good. I love the colorful additions of the patches.